As discussed in http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/32096/wildcard-support-in-the-file-open-name-box-in-4221/ support for wildcards in the LibreOffice dialog File Open is broken in the 4.2 branch under Windows (XP at least) and Linux (Fedora, Debian and Crunchbang at least) Under Windows it does work as expected when using the OS native Open dialog. This is a regression from the 4.1 branch.
As my comments in the linked AskLO thread indicate, this option appears to be dependent on the desktop environment / window manager in use i.e., LXDE / XFCE(?) / Openbox do not appear to support this feature. In any case, it seems a confirmed bug.
ab63cac8cf1bb39d68d4faf99bbce99a5751067a is the first bad commit commit ab63cac8cf1bb39d68d4faf99bbce99a5751067a Author: Noel Grandin <noel@peralex.com> Date: Fri Sep 20 16:47:36 2013 +0200 convert fpicker module from String to OUString Change-Id: I665facff9f37f089f97e91f71e45578ad03e0653
I see this problem running fvwm2 as WM (on Fedora 20).
Andras Timar committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=e7384daa27c954efa6a66dda829f23d7ad1b2a01 fdo#76778 fix wildcard support in File Open dialog The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
@Andras, thanks! Since this is a regression, could you please cherry pick this patch to the 4.2 branch so that it is included in the upcoming version 4.2.4?
Andras Timar committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-2": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=0094a8c95c901d22fd56e9613f017fa8be3affd5&h=libreoffice-4-2 fdo#76778 fix wildcard support in File Open dialog It will be available in LibreOffice 4.2.4. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
I tested the version from libreoffice-4-2~2014-03-31_09.29.41_LibreOfficeDev_4.2.4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz This does *NOT* fix the problem. I still get an "/home/wd/office/2014-* does not exist" error when I try to enter "2014-*" in the file open dialog and press enter, even though a number of files matching this pattern do exist.
(In reply to comment #7) > I tested the version from > libreoffice-4-2~2014-03-31_09.29.41_LibreOfficeDev_4.2.4.0.0_Linux_x86- > 64_rpm.tar.gz > > > This does *NOT* fix the problem. I still get an "/home/wd/office/2014-* > does not exist" error when I try to enter "2014-*" in the file open dialog > and press enter, even though a number of files matching this pattern do > exist. How could a patch dated from 2014-03-31 10:52:56 UTC fix an issue in a build that was made earlier 2014-03-31_09.29.41? Please try it in today's daily build.
I confirm that the build in http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/libreoffice-4-2/Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF/2014-04-01_08.55.26/libreoffice-4-2~2014-04-01_08.55.26_LibreOfficeDev_4.2.4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz fixes the problem. Thanks a lot for your help!